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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-09-23
A Family Trait.

Texas Siftings: Col. Bill HcCracken
enjoys the reputation for pouring out
more whisky a. one drink than any other
man in Austin, newly elected member OF
the legislature excepted. The Colonel
was taking drink at the Gently Dream
ing saloon, when the barkesper remarked:
II say, Colonel, waited on a man little
while ago who pours out a bigger drink
of whisky than you do" He was proba-
bly, q member of the legislature. He
don't count. I can't compete with old
professionals" No, he isn't member
of the legislature. He is very inteiii-
gent looking young man, stranger to
me. He is in the other room playing
BILLIARDS" Col. McOracken looked into
the billiard saloon and exclaimed. "Why,
that's my son, Tom. He has just come
home from military school in Kentucky.
I knock under"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-09-23

DUBLIN, Sept. 20.-The Dublin Gazette
publishes proclamation suppressing
the league and all its branches in county
Glare, and Baronies Leitrim, and Lough-
rea, in Galway; Corkauiney in Kerry;
Condons, Clanpingbon and Muskerry,
IN Cork and Shelburn in Wexford. The
proclamation is signed by Prince Ed
ward of SAKE Neimar, commander of the
forces in Ireland; Baron Ashbournl.
lord chancellor of Ireland; Al. Balfour,
chief secretary of lrland; Henry Bruen,
Justice of the peace; j. G. Gibson, at
torney general of Ireland and Gen. Sir
Redvers Buller. The Gazette announces
that Gen. Butler has been sworn in as a
member of the privy council.
The proclamation makes it criminal to
convoke, hold or publish meetings or to
do anything in connection with the
league. The nationalist leaders are hur-
riedly consulting as to what measures
shall be tax en-.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-09-23
Tug CnFApNE,s on uIpIAN LIFE

TIE CHEAPNE,s or HUMAN LIFE.
certain number of people are killed
every year in this country at grade cross
ings simply out of economy. If fagmen
were employed at all such plnces, acci-
dents would not happen, but ilagman
costs about 81 per day, and the running
down and wouuding or killing Of careless
travellers cost nothing. The recent ecci
dent at Beverly in which two or three
lives were lost was of this kind; and
there have been two similar cases during
tho present summer, due TO u single
train, on another Massachusetts road; in
grade crossing murder System seems to
have reached its climax in Chicago, where
AZ Chicago paper estimator, about 200
people are killed and nearly thousand
injured overy year in this manner.
The same journal thus describes the
situation in That city:
SO long as railway trains run into the
centre of the city on surface tracks with
out protecting fences, without gates at
crossings, without regard to speed or city
ordinances regulating it, these accidents
will continue and increase. New roads
and old roads are equal offenders. They
will promise anything to obtain the right
to come into the city, but once let them
get their tracks down and their trains
running aud thoy rush rOugh-shod over
all agreements, ordinances, and regard
for human life.
Human life is extraordinarily cheap in
this country. Our railroads alone kill
small army of men every year. Beside
the grade crossings for travellers. there
are overhead bridges for brakomen and,
worst of all, cars that couple by the old
and dangerous, but still common, device.
Almost all the lives that are lost and tho
mutations that ure caused in these ways
might be saved by the outlay of Il com
paratively small amount Of money.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-09-23
Where the Dead Are Remembered

st. Louis Widow-Yes. poor John is
gone but he is not really dead as citizen,
you know.
Omaha Dams-The good that men do
lives after them, in spite of the proverb.
ssNeIl, I wasn't thinking of that, but
nothing could induce me TO move away
from st. Louis
''St. Lcuiss"
sNo: is is such consolation to me to
know that poor Johns vote IS counted at
every election"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-09-23
CRIME AND CRIMINALS

EARLY Sunday morning burglars en-
tered the store occupied by William Gilt
ner, druggist, and d. w. Clark, jsweler,
at Grass Lake, and blew open safe which
contained $3.50 in cash and about 81 500
worth of gold watches and jewelry, and
made their escape with the plunder.
when on the American side, it was sup
posed force of Chicago officers would
relieve,the Canadians of their charge. The
dispatch intimates that serious crisisin
McGarigie's affairs is probable within
forty eight n ours
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-09-23
Animals and Earthquakes.

Prof. Milne, one of the Scotch coterie
of students established in Japan, where
they devote themselves to the study of
earthquakes, gives some interesting par
ticulars in the report of the Seislnologi-
cal society of Japan, regarding the ef-
fects of earthquakes on lower animals.
He quotes the case of ponies rising in
terror and prancing about the stall thir-
ty seconds before the shock Is felt. He
refers also to the birds hiding their
heads beneath their wings, to pheasants
screaming and to frogs ceasing to croak
before the trembling is felt. Geese, dogs
and other animals have been known to
behave in q strange manner several hours
or even days before sn earthquake.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-09-23
An Easy Job.
0r1sba Wori

Detective-You wish to see me, cir.
Citizen-Yes. I have been robbed of
package of money.
s1Hovg-
81 entrusted it to a messenger boy and
he has not been heard of since
"Hov long ago!"
"Ten hours. 1 suppose he is half way
to Canais by this time
s.Oh, no, he can't be more than nve OF
six blocks Of I'll look for him"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-09-23
THE LEAGUE SUPPRESSED
The Dublin Gazette Publishes an Iron
Clad Proclamation to that Effect
Massachusetts Democrats Satisfied
with the Administrations Work.
The State Ticket Nominated-Loyer-
ING for Governor. Platform Reviewed.
The General Passenger Agents AdopI
Uniform System OF Tickets.
The COERCION ACT.

The Suppression Clause TO be Put Into Force
Dublin, Sept. 2o.-The Evening Tele.
graph (home rcle) states that the govern
ment has decided to put into force the
suppression clause of the coercion act
1t adds that this decision means tha,
over two hundred branches of the league
viii be Immediately prohibited from
holding meetings.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-09-23

Shakespeare seems to have been very
well up IN most of the slang phrases of
the present day In Henry VIIL"ve find
''too thin" in King John" ''come Off,
and "you are too green and fresh" in "A
Winters Tale" What! Neyer: and,
although he does not exactly use the ex-
clamation rats, we have in Hamlet" "A
rat." which is pretty near it. John Bun
yam used TIE phrase 1T is cold day
in connection with adversely.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-09-23

"Yes, dear children said the school
teacher. sGen. Washington died COM
paratively poor man, although be might
have amassed great wealth if he had been
q different sort of person. Tommy
wafaes may tell rs Why Gen. Washington
died peor." because he couldn't tell
lies" responded Tommy, vhohas bright
business career before him.-New York
Sun.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-09-23
WASHINGTON

LERoY A. PALMkR, of Iowa, has been
appointed confidential clerk and secretary
to the Commission of Patents. Henry
Monheim. of Salt Lake City, has been
appointed superintendent of constroc-
tion for the Utah Penitentiary.
BIDS were opened yesterday by the
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-09-23
inquest Over the Ntchellstown Victims
Continued.

LONDON, Sept. 20.-In to-day's hearing
in the inquest over the victims of the
conflict between the police and the meet
ing in Mitchellstown on the 9th inst,
Constable Doran swore he fired four
times at the crowds, twice with buckshot.
and twice with ball. The first bullet he
fired he said prostrated man. He
said the crowd stoned the barracks
and he believed the barracks were in
danger when he fred. He said his face
was wounded. When the cornor asked
him to stand up and exhibit the wound,
Doran refused at first, but finally did so,
and no wound was apparent on his face.
Sergeant Ryder deposed that he fired
three charges of ball from the window of
the barracks. He declined to say whether
he murdered any one. He simply did his
duty he said. Mr.. Harrington tinterpos-
ing): Listen TO me, you william"
Witness replied warmly that he was
no william and asked the coroner's
protection. Harrington said witnesses
had been sent there to bully him and he
was hardly able to .cstrain himself from
kicking the witness then and there.
A spirited alteration ensued, the specta-
tors taking Harringtons side. The in
quiry finally had to be adjourned. 1t is
certain that verdict of murder will be
rendered against certain policemen.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-09-23

The operation of the interstate com
merce law as regards the granting of free
passes to outsiders is explained by rail
road manager in an interview in the
New York Times. "In cases in which
passes are nov given" he says, "ths
persons toward whom it is not consil-
cred desirable to take advantage OF the
law" The cool assumption of this state
ment is almost admirable. II has been
imagined by the credulOus public that
the law had some other purpose than to
serve as an "advantage" TO railroad man
ayers in the distribution of their bounty
1t appears, however, that this is not the
interr rotation placed upon Its provisions
in practice, but that it il construed to
permit the issue of passes when the roads
find it to their advantage, and to forbid
it when the roads have nothing to gain
by giving away transportation. Yet this
IL just what the law is supposed to pre-
vent
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-09-23

Ar latest ad,ices the French RuPublic
was running smoothly along, despite the
Comte de Paris manifesto. The fact,
however, remains, and was vigorously
pointed ont at the time of the exclusion
OF the Princes, that it is from exiled pre-
tenders that danger has always come to
French Republicanism.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-09-23

a Pacific as well as an Atlantic seaboard,
was matter of tremendous consequence
for the future of the Dominion. To se-
cure that addition the construction of
the Canadian Pacific Railway was a ne
cessitT.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-09-23

At Indianapolis the other day claim
vas filed by saloon-keeper against
dead mans estate for twenty gallons OF
whisky purchased by the decedent in the
last five months of his life. No wonder
the man died.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-09-23
HAD BEEN REARED,

and hundreds of men were hard at work
clearing space for their camp. Stanley
had arrived and had his camp half pitch
ed before anybody in Leopoldville knew
that he was within miles of the place.
The characteristic promptness, also, with
which he cuts Gordian knots that he can
not unite was well illustrated by the alac-
rity with which he dispatched force of
his soldiers and seized the steamer Henry
Reed after the missionaries had formally
declined to let him have the service of
that vessel. A few hours after he reach
ed Stanley Pool he had four parties of
hunters on the waters of that broad ex-
panse shooting hippopotami, and the
meat these hunters supplied was all
that had saved his expedition from dire
distress.
None but remarkable man could dc
the work that Henry NJ. Stanley has
achieved in the dark continent: and from
all the reports that have come back from
the Congo his qualities as leader of ex.
peditions in Africa have never shown
more brilliantly than in the enterprise
which he is now leading through an un
known region to the relief of Emir
Pasha.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-09-23
TBe Railway Brain.


The railway, when it cane into tho
humsn world, brought demand for a
new kiud of mental force or aptitude.
The railway msn, from tho nresident to
the brakeman must pessess a quickness
70 perceive, quickness to act and
patience 70 master detail; an omission
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-09-23

Contractor-"Tve called to have you
settle for building the house." Owner
.I'm ready to settle with you when the
house is done settling.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-09-23

swell, Pat, what's the matter" 'Math-
er enough, doctor, an all aboot that
plasther ye bed me put on my back-Oi
do be fergittin' the name OF sor." Por-
GUS plaster wasn't it." @Ye may well
call i'd that docther, for il was the poores
plasther mesiif iver hsern tell on
s4What was the matter with it, I'd like TO
krovs" Dade an id was an ovid one,
sor, for as certain as Ofm teliin' ye, i'd
was full of holes, so i'd was"
The manager of Los Angeles news
paper sent out the following notice on a
postal card: The real-estate boom has
robbed Us of our editor, printer, aud
Office boy, and the manager having
opened q real-estate Office &c has become
necessary to suspend tie publication of
this journal until all hands have become
millionaires, which Of course will be in
the near future Until then, fratSrnally
yours"
In Mexlco laborers get Is to % cents =
day and are often paid in farm produces
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-09-23

A convict night school is to be started
in the New Jersey state prison st Tren-
ton, where there are $50 prisoners, of
whom 40 can neither read nor write.
Convicts who have been well educated
will act as instructors. The school will
be in session two hours each evening, ex-
cept Saturdays and Sundays. Turkeys
armed with repeating rifles will be the
monitors, the desperate character of
many of the convicts rendering it neces.
sary TO take every precsution even on
such occasions.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-09-23
Misery After Eating

Is avoided by tyspsphcs who, guided by the re-
corisd experience Of thousands begin and syste-
Inat4oally purvus y aorrSs OF Hosoetter stoaaash
B.tssTs. PsTs.stAaoe ia the use Of tbs pure and
highly accredited stonAchic, is tha sole and
agreeable condition Of the suurs removal OF the
obstinate forms Of dyspspsia, no less shan q
temporary nt OF indigestion In connection with
the uss OF this specific, Ii is desirable To avoid
articles OF food which individual experience has
shown 70 be difficult Of digestion by ths stomach
sought 10 be benAdttsd Each dyspspts's pasi
observation OF his digestive capacity Should gu
able him 70 Be his own euide and mentor In this
particular, not trusting 10 any set OF dietelc
rules too general to Be Soted 10 particular cases
BilioUsuess and constipation. heartburn, wind
and meatal dsspoodency, are among Che coneonh
itAnts 6 dyspepAA aAd vs put = 70 light by
the BitterS.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-09-23
THE TICKET COMPLETELY

After recess the committee on the bal
anse of the ticket reported as follows:
Lieut.. governor-WaIter z. Cutting, of
Pittsfeld.
Secretary of state-John L. Murphy, of
Lowell.
Tressurer-Henry G. Thacker, of Var
mouth.
Attorney general-John ". Corcoran,
of Clinton.
William 4. Cook, of Spring
field.
The report was received and the above
ticket unanimously carried. The follow
ing were elected delegates at large TO the
national convention: p. A. Collins,
Boston; Jonas II. French, Gloucester;
John W. Cummins. Fall River; Josiah G.
Abbott. Boston.
The following alternates were chosen:
Charles G.. Lewis, Framipgham; James
Fl. Dslany, Holyoke; Godfrey Morse,
Boston, and John E. Thayer, Worcest-
er. The convention adjourned sine die.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-09-23
SQUIBS.

The rumor that the ex bank cashiers in
Canada would organize trust appears to
be unfounded. They are too well ac-
quainted with each others hands.
There is nothing consolatory for the
patient suffering from a severe cold in
the head to be told that, 'colds always at
tack the weakest spot"
How would it be for the undertaAers to
have a big convention Mt Washington
nowS They generally follow the doctors
pretty closely.
1t is surely no wonder that a man who
is on bender is seldom able to walk
straight.
When Kentucky hospitality meets
Texas hospitality, then comes the tug of
cork.
The scepe which beggars description
usually gets the most of it. The same
scene has been known to beggar rail
roads.
The man who runs q fairo bank never
finds any difficulty in assooiating with
his betters.
These land booms break out just after
the assessor has been around.
Even doctor who speaks but one Ian
guage may yet understand great many
tongues.
Dialogue between two beggars-"Are
you blind by nature?" No, only by pro-
fession."
When a young mau deceives his best
girl and she finds its out it usually leads
! up to q serious cry-sis.
You shall know the returned Bostouian
by the Browning on his cheek.
! 1t is a sweet, revengeful thought that
when walters sit down to eat they have
to be waited upon by some of the other
| walters.
| The mayor means business when he
says that gambling must be stopped.
| 1t is bad sign when man has terra
Gotta colored nose and breath that will
| drive flies ont of the room.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-09-23
MASSACHUSETTS, DEMOCRATS
Proceedings of the State Convention at Wor


Proceedings OF the State Convention at WOr-
Ccster.
WORCESTER, Mass Sept. 20.-The day
opened bright and pleasant for the demo
cratic state convention. The city is full
of delegates. The convention will be
the largest ever held in this city. The
ticket will undoubtedly be Henry b. Low
ering, with Walter Cutting for second.
At IL 80 Chairman Collins, of the state
central committee, called the convention
to order. temporary organization was
effected with p. A. Collins as chairman
and A. b. Alger as secretary. The com
mittees were then appointed. Chairman
Collins then appointed committee to
escort Nj. French, the chairman of the
csmmi.te on permanent organization, to
the platform. He was received with great
applause.
Mr.. French made a brief speech, al the
conclusion of which Chairman Morse, of
the committee on credentials, made his
report.
Senator Rhodes nominated Hon. Ii. B.
Lowering, of Lynn, for governor amid
great enthusiasm.
Mr.. Lowering was nominated on the
first ballot
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-09-23

A recent freshet in Wilkes county,
Georgia, washed away part of hill on
which an Indian village once stood, and
the ground for acres around is said to be
strewn with flint arrow and spear heads,
stone tomshawks, maoes, battle-exes, and
almost every instrument OF Indian war
fare. Besides these were found many
domestic articles, as mortars and pestles
for mashing corn, pots hewn ont of solid
stone, aud broken vases carved ii curious
designs. On the top of this hill was
found a large pile of broken and defective
arrow heads, which seemed to mark the
spot where some arrow maker had his
shOD,
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-09-23
Paupcr and Criminal Immigrants.


The committee report en- alien aupers
and CRIMINALS at the recent conference of
charities at Omaha, read by DR.. Charles
S. Hoyt, of New York, considered more
especially the growth of foreign immi-
grafton and the defects in the law of 1882
regulating such immigration. The num-
Der of foreigners landed here during the
year ending June 80, was estimated at
100000. Those landed at United States
ports numbered 4S4, JIG, an increase over
the previous year of 155 ,221; but the i'm
proved facilities for bringing immigrants
by way of Canada of which no record is
kept would doubtless swell the number to
100000. The heaviest arrivals during the
last eight years were in 1882, when they
numbered 7SS,990, and the lightest in
1886, when they fell off to 1856.
Pauper and insane statistics Of the
countries sending the greater part of
these immigrants show that this flow of
foreigners must bring great many from
those classes. Great Britain and Ger
many, for example, have one pauper for
every 34.5 of the population, and the
committee believes the ratio of paupsrs
among immigrants from those countries
is proportionately large. There are sew
eral defects in the law of 1882, which
was the first attempt of congress
| to regulate immigration. Its execu-
ton depends upon local organizations
that are often influenced by pOlit.
ical and local considerations; the e1ami-
nation of immigrants is generally super
| fetal; there is no reciprocal action on the
| part of the authorities of the various
ports for the relief of the immigrants
| falling into distress or for sending back
| those improperly brought here; and there
| is no penalty for its violation in landing
| paupers, criminals and insane. bill
remedyiDg these defects was considered
! in the last Congress bat was crowded
aside in the closing hours of the last ses-
| sion. The committee think that the act
| of 1882 should be amended so as to Sc
! cure greater efficiency and uniformity of
administration and greater strangency
| in the exclusion of undesirable immi-
| grants. DR.. Hoyt followed this report
/ with paper on pauperism, insanity and
| crime in New York, and how the state is
being burdened by the influx OF these
| dangerous or helpless subjects from
| Europe. He favored thorough revision
| of our naturalization laws requiring a
| graduated period of residence of from
| 3 to 10 or more years, a certificate of
| character from the immigrants home
abroad, the condition of being able to
read or write, and the forfeit OF his
| citizenship on conviction of felony,
/ vagrancy or the barter or sale of his vote.
A few months ago there was an addi-
tiop to the family of Col. Percy Yerger,
on which occasion Mrs. Yergsr's mother,
a venerable lady, spent several weeks
| with the family
| A few days ago Mrs. Yerger received a
| letter from her mother to the effect that
| she intended to make another visit.
as grandma comm again," asked
little Tommy, making a disgUsted face.
"Yes, Tommy"
40 Lord, that means another squalling
baby in the house." sighed Tommy,
thinking of the previous visit of the old
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-09-23

II is gratifying to learn on good author
ity that the obelisk in Central park has
ceased TO scale of. The preparation OF
parafiine poured over it two years ago.
according TO Prof. Doremus, Is accom-
pIishing ITS worthy purpose, and the
great monoiith's years are now apparent
ly unpumbered in both directions.